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“Hello fellow Geant4 users, I have a question for the community: I plan to use Geant4 to simulate neutron detection where neutrons interact with matter, produce electrons through reactions, and these electrons are then collected by electrodes to generate measurable currents. As a beginner, could anyone advise if Geant4 provides relevant ready-to-use examples for such simulations?”
Geant4 is primarily designed to simulate energy deposition in materials as particles pass through them, using Monte Carlo-based particle transport. To get started and learn more about the toolkit, I recommend checking out the Beginner course [1] and the Advanced course [2], the video recordings are linked in the corresponding timetables.
Other tools such as Garfield++ are better suited to simulate the electron amplification in the gas.
Thank you very much for your response. I will proceed with the self-study as you suggested, and I hope we can have prompt discussions if any questions arise. Thank you！
Hi, I want to set up a Sensitive Detector in Geant4 to retrieve the time information of particles reaching the collector. How should I configure this? Thank you.
once you have learned how to use a Sensitive Detector following Alvaro’s excellent suggestions you can see that your Hit can store any arbitrary information you like including Globaltime and/or Locatime of the particles.
